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  1. Rugd1022

    Damn those cable thieves!!! Temporary Block Working between Daw Mill and Nuneaton again today causing no end of grief for passenger and freight alike. Clamp down on the b*gg*rs at the receiving end and the thieving toe rags will have no excuse to nick the cables in the first place.....grrrrr, etc...

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      I'm beginning to think that the only solution is to bury the cables really deep, and build plenty of redundancy into the cable route at the same time, so you don't ever need to dig it up again...

    3. Pugsley

      Pugsley

      I'm beginning to think that chopping their hands off if caught has merits!

    4. sixteen 12by 10s

      sixteen 12by 10s

      Its the whole culture of scrap dealing that needs looking at, when you can go into a scrap dealer and BUY perfectly usable bundles of copper pipe, there’s something wrong.

  2. Rugd1022

    Enjoyed one of the best days ever on the SVR yesterday with D821 and D1062, especially once darkness had fallen... I can still hear those mighty Maybachs now. Deep joy, well done the DTG & WLA!

    1. Dave47549

      Dave47549

      D9520 was good value also. Couldn't cover the evening trains due to lack of babysitter. 50031 did exactly what was expected of it, pop!

    2. Rugd1022

      Rugd1022

      Well at least the 50 behaved like they used to on the big railway! Had a storming late evening run with D821 heading north before the rear engine gave up... for a brief moment it was very easy to imagine it was going up the Cornish Mainline in the dead of night at full pelt. Top stuff.

  3. Rugd1022

    Another birthday in the bag and another year that's flown by... where do they all go? Daft thing is, I can remeber things from nearly forty years ago quite vividly, but forget what I had for tea last Thursday...

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    2. Rugd1022

      Rugd1022

      Ta Dave... I think! 'Senior Moments' sounds like a brand name for old chocolate... ;-)

    3. beast66606

      beast66606

      Last Thursday ? - did we have one ?

       

    4. Rugd1022

      Rugd1022

      It came and went Beast.... the days and weeks seem to merge with other now! Woosh, there goes another one ;-)

  4. Rugd1022

    Warship books ahoy me hearties, and a bottle of red to finish off... ;O)

    1. beast66606

      beast66606

      Hydraulic P**n .. Can't beat a bit of D805, the Admiral is my fave

    2. Rugd1022

      Rugd1022

      Benbow 'imself, yes... it's on my list, already got the paltes, plus about 15 others!

  5. Rugd1022

    Ten days off work and another birthday to boot, a trawl of book shops and model shops beckons....!

    1. big T

      big T

      Its alright for some youth!

    2. Rugd1022

      Rugd1022

      I earned it chap! I was refused annual leave throughout August as too many were already booked off.... going to enjoy a spot of modelling and (allegedly) some DIY. So I'm told...

  6. Rugd1022

    Worked the first loaded train into Coalville for over twenty years yesterday... pity the place is a shadow of it's former self though ;-)

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    2. Leicester Thumper

      Leicester Thumper

      you poor ######, you don't want to know what us Lesta folk say about coalville!!! LOL

    3. Leicester Thumper

      Leicester Thumper

      oh it don't like the word b.ugg.er ....

    4. Rugd1022

      Rugd1022

      And you don't want to know what Co'ville folk say about Lesta...!

  7. Rugd1022

    Well done Garry - must be a weight off your mind ;-)

    1. Garry D100

      Garry D100

      Thanks.

      And yes it is.

  8. Rugd1022

    Relaxing with a nice brew and Colin Gifford's "And Gone Forever..." ahh, simple pleasures ;-)

  9. Rugd1022

    'De-ribbing' Bachmann Mk1s is fun, honest! Makes all the difference though ;-)

    1. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      sure does

    2. gwrrob

      gwrrob

      What do you use ? Wet and dry ?

  10. Rugd1022

    Hasn't she just Dave...!

  11. Rugd1022

    Sat on a ballast job at Bushey last night, imaginig mighty Duchesses thrashing past with fifteen on....

    1. Pannier Tank

      Pannier Tank

      Mighty indeed! Can still remember them. Especially 46231 Duchess of Atholl who gave me a warm shower one sunny evening whilst taking on water at Bletchley.

    2. Rugd1022

      Rugd1022

      You lucky b*gg*r! Old hands I've worked with have described seeing them day in day out to me, jaw dropping stuff. I was born 15 years too late... ;-)

  12. Rugd1022

    Just had a nice drive round the Cotswolds, taking in the good Captain's beloved OWW and the Stratford - Cheltenham line. Not to mention spending £70 on books in the shop at Toddington! Smashing ;o)

    1. westernglory

      westernglory

      Sounds like a good day Nidge. Here's another book for you http://www.irwellpress.com/acatalog/GREAT_WESTERN_RAILWAY.html#a597

  13. Rugd1022

    Just in the mood to dosome modeling, nut have to go to work ;-(

  14. Rugd1022

    Sundays are ace... 4936 Kinlet Hall out on the mainline in freshly applied BR livery, roast dinner and a weathering a Hornby Castle... splendid ;o)

  15. Rugd1022

    Finally bought a Hornby Castle, now for the fun part.... the research!

    1. ozzyo

      ozzyo

      When you've decided on the Castle give me a shout.

    2. gwrrob

      gwrrob

      Which one have you bought ?

  16. Rugd1022

    Nice sunny day.... perfect weather for Castle 5043 on The Shakespeare Express - but where's me camera?!!

  17. Rugd1022

    BoD - no, but I've got some smoke damaged fire alarms going cheap... ;o)

  18. Rugd1022

    "Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun..."

  19. Rugd1022

    Dug out Colin Gifford's 'And Gone Forever' from the book cupboard just now and heaved a big sigh... ;-)

  20. Rugd1022

    Everytime I drive past one of these new fangled wind turbines, I feel a strange urge to by a very big Airfix Spitfire kit... ;-)

    1. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      Jame May in disguise anyone.

    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      I want an axe a very big axe.

    3. halfwit

      halfwit

      Mick, do you want to chop up James May (entirely understandable of course although the other two should get it first) or a wind turbine? In which case an axe would be somewhat unsuitable.

  21. Rugd1022

    Job caped tomorrow, at last a proper lie in...! Shall I clean the car I wonder...?

    1. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      If you clean the car it will rain with volcanic ash.

    2. big jim

      big jim

      and im paid off tonight, should be 22.30 but i dont sign 67s yet

  22. Rugd1022

    Class 66 fuel gauges - not to be trusted! Bit of a close call last night...

    1. beast66606

      beast66606

      Nothing wrong with a bit of vapour

    2. Jenny Emily

      Jenny Emily

      The stuff in the bottom of the tank is there to be used.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      What's the point of residue? It's there to be burnt!

  23. Rugd1022

    There's a package waiting for me at our local sorting office, but they're not open till Tuesday...grrr!!

  24. Rugd1022

    Vets bills... they just keep on coming! Time to take up golf instead...?

  25. Rugd1022

    Bah! A couple of asthmatic 31s will shift that lot no problem..... ahem, where's me coat....!

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